For Liam

by CailinCallaghanJennings, Florida, USA

Nov 2013 808 Views 8 comments

For Liam

Be who you are:
The One
you secret
inside.
Live with valor
what you feel.
Release the love
you hide.
The dream we live in
suffers fools
who dare throw
their heart's doors
open wide.
Love's gate keeper
be Thou not.
Nor your own
True Self
despise.

Fear not Thou
tiny horrors:
rejection
derision
spite.
Nor boast
of what Time
steals away:
possessions
beauty
pride.
But live
your life
in tribute fair:
Angelic Grail of Light.
The heroic gaze
of Love's champion
Will never be
denied.

Callaghan Grant 11/04/2013

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Posted: Nov 2013

About this poem:

I've met another trapped soul. A man friend seven years younger than myself who has made a life that traps him into manifesting outwardly someone entirely different from what he feels inside and wants despiriately to let out. No simple sad coincidence that he works as a jailer in the "Department of Corrections". One wonders who the prisoners actually are.

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Profile DeletedNov 4, 2013

amazing piece i am humbled in its beauty i thank you from the heart

darkhorse555donegal, Donegal IrelandNov 4, 2013

amazing piece i am humbled in its beauty i thank you from the heart

fjamesj9701DunkinDonuts, Florida USANov 4, 2013

Good stuff , Liam is surely one worth writing for. ..Enjoyed…Jesse

CailinCallaghanOPJennings, Florida USANov 4, 2013

Thank you, Liam and thank you, Jesse. I am blessed that you enjoyed.

mimzy333unknown, Washington USANov 4, 2013

great poem, liam is a very special person and has helped me several times with his caring words of wisedom over the last year, this poem is so deserving of him.

CailinCallaghanOPJennings, Florida USANov 4, 2013

Mimzy, hard times polish bright hearts. Liam is highly reflective!

Macduff5Newcastle, New South Wales AustraliaNov 9, 2013

Hi Cailin,

Now you know that I'm a fan of your highly original poetic style. The use of the archaic language works well in the creation of an atmosphere of someone "jailed" by their own fears. Nicely conceived.